Movie
Mother and Child
Overview
The lives of three women have a commonality: adoption. Karen is a physical therapist who regrets that, as a teenager, she gave up her daughter for adoption. Elizabeth was an adopted child and is now a successful lawyer, but her personal life lacks warmth. Lucy and her husband have failed to conceive and now hope to adopt a baby to make their family complete.
Details
- Release date
- 2009-11-07
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Mockingbird Pictures, Everest Entertainment
- Country
- Spain, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Naomi Watts as Elizabeth
- Annette Bening as Karen
- Kerry Washington as Lucy
- Jimmy Smits as Paco
- Samuel L. Jackson as Paul
- S. Epatha Merkerson as Ada
- Cherry Jones as Sister Joanne
- Elpidia Carrillo as Sofia
- Shareeka Epps as Ray
- Alexandria M. Salling as Karen (age 14)
- Connor Kramme as Tom (age 14)
- Eileen Ryan as Nora
Crew
- Rodrigo García - Director
- Rodrigo García - Writer
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